There is a well known saying, 'no pain, no gain' and that will be ringing true in the minds of Milk Link’s 1,600 producers, who are on the brink of reaping just reward for 12 years of loyalty and investment.Royal Welsh Farm Buildings and Works Award
WINNERS of the Royal Welsh Farm Buildings and Works Award are Arnold and Cynthia Evans and their sons, Dylan, Elystan and Cefyn, of Cwmwythig, Capel Bangor, Aberystwyth.
In order to increase efficiency in the management of their dairy herd they needed to extend and improve the milking parlour facilities on the farm.
But lack of available space prevented extension of the existing herringbone parlour, so they have installed a new 44 point rotary parlour within an adjacent existing portal framed building.
The former parlour is now the collecting yard, with its pit used as a slatted collection tank for slurry.
The result, say the judges, is an efficient, well planned and compact unit which has effectively halved milking time.
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